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Rim Fire affecting tourism for Labor Day weekend

Tuolomne County Visitor's Bureau trying to get the word out that the smoke has eased up.

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Updated: 6:16 PM PDT Aug 30, 2013

Rim Fire affecting tourism for Labor Day weekend

Tuolomne County Visitor's Bureau trying to get the word out that the smoke has eased up.

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Updated: 6:16 PM PDT Aug 30, 2013

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WEBVTT THE ADVISORY FOR TOMORROW WAS LISTED -- LIFTED YESTERDAY. FOR MUCH OF THE COUNTY THE ISSUE OF THE PAST TWO WEEKS HAS BEEN THE SMOKE FROM THE FIRE AND AS WE HEAD INTO THE LABOR DAY WEEKEND OF THE SMOKE COULD BE CUTTING INTO TOURISM DOLLARS. COUSIN OLIVER IS LIVE IN THE COUNTY WITH THE IMPACT THAT THE COUNTY IS SEEING. PEOPLE LIVING HERE AND VISITING HERE MAY SEE MORE SMOKE OVER THIS WEEKEND BECAUSE OF SOME LARGE BIRD OPERATIONS THAT FIREFIGHTERS ARE PLANNING ALONG THE ROAD AREA OF YOSEMITE. THE SMOKE HAS ALREADY SCARED AWAY MANY PLANNING TO VISIT THIS WEEKEND. FIREFIGHTERS ARE GETTING READY FOR A MAJOR PUSH TO GET THE FIRE FIRE -- TO GET THE WILD FIRE UNDER CONTROL. THEY ARE DOING A LARGE, CONTROLLED BURNS IN AREAS THAT ARE NOT YET CONTAINED. IT IS ALLSTATE FOUR SIGHTED FIRE. THE NORTH, THE WEST SIDE, THE COMMUNITY'S. THOSE COMMUNITIES ARE TRY TO SALVAGE WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN ONE OF THE BIGGEST HOLIDAY WEEKENDS OF THE YEAR. GUESTS HAVE CHANGED THEIR MIND ABOUT COMING BECAUSE OF THE NEARBY FIRE AND THE SMOKE IN THE AIR. TWO HOTELS HAVE LOST MOST OF THEIR TOURIST BUSINESS THIS WEEKEND. DAY-BY-DAY, THEY CANCEL. THEY ARE TRYING TO GET THE WORD OUT THAT THE SMOKE HAS EASED UP. ALL OF THESE HISTORIC LITTLE TOWNS ARCTURUS DESTINATIONS THAT ARE OPEN FOR BUSINESS. SHE WAS HOPING FOR CLEAR AIR, BUT BROUGHT A MASK, JUST TO BE SAFE. COUNTY OFFICIALS SAY THAT THE POPULATION DOUBLES USUALLY OVER THE WEEKEND, WITH AN INFLUX INTO THESE GOLD RUSH COMMUNITIES, BUT THIS YEAR MANY OF THE VISITORS JUST CAME OFF THE FIRE TRUCK. FIREFIGHTERS SAY THAT THE SIZE OF THE FIRE IS ACTUALLY GOING TO GROW SIGNIFICANTLY OVER THE WEEKEND BECAUSE OF THE

Rim Fire affecting tourism for Labor Day weekend

Tuolomne County Visitor's Bureau trying to get the word out that the smoke has eased up.